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1 verb shut door, drawer, eyes, etc 2 verb fold book, umbrella TRANSITIVEdún verb druid verb she closed the book dhún sí an leabharTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 verb block hole, opening TRANSITIVEdún verb druid verb they're trying to close the hole tá siad ag iarraidh an poll a dhúnadh 4 verb shut business etc 5 verb restrict access to road etc TRANSITIVEdún verb druid verb the Gardaí closed the road dhún na Gardaí an bótharthe bridge has been closed to lorries níltear ag ligean leoraithe ar an droichead 6 verb end activity, discussion
TRANSITIVEdeireadh a chur le críoch a chur le tabhair chun deiridh clabhsúr a chur ar to close a meeting deireadh a chur le cruinniú, cruinniú a scorthe investigation has been closed tá deireadh leis an bhfiosrúchánthat closed the matter chuir sé sin deireadh leis, thug sé sin an cúram chun críche, b'in deireadh leis mar scéal
INTRANSITIVEcríochnaigh verb the meeting closed at 9 p.m. chríochnaigh an cruinniú ar 9 p.m.; tháinig deireadh leis an gcruinniú ar 9 p.m.the exhibition closes tomorrow beidh deireadh leis an taispeántas amárachthe competition closes on 31 July is é an 31 Iúil dáta deiridh an chomórtais
7 (also close down) verb COMP stop app, window, etc 8 verb reduce difference, distance TRANSITIVElaghdaigh verb that closed the gap to two points laghdaigh sé sin an bhearna go dtí dhá chúilínthey're closing the distance tá siad ag teacht níos cóngaraí, tá siad ag druidim níos gaire
INTRANSITIVElaghdaigh verb téigh i laghad the gap is closing between them tá an bhearna eatarthu ag laghdú
9 verb approach, catch up INTRANSITIVEtar níos cóngaraítar níos gairethe second boat was closing quickly bhí an dara bád ag teannadh isteach go mearhe's closing on them tá sé ag breith suas leo, tá sé ag teannadh leo 10 verb COMM, FIN terminate account TRANSITIVEdún verb druid verb I closed my account there dhún mé mo chuntas ansin 11 verb COMM, FIN finalise deal TRANSITIVEcuir i gcrích we hope to close the deal soon tá súil againn an margadh a chur i gcrích go luath 12 verb wrap fingers, arms, etc around TRANSITIVEshe closed her arms around him d'fháisc sí a lámha ina thimpeall, chuir sí a lámha thart airhe closed his fist around the coin dhún sé a dhorn thart ar an mbonn
INTRANSITIVEhe felt a hand closing around his neck d'airigh sé lámh ag fáscadh timpeall a mhuiníl
13 verb ECON end trading INTRANSITIVEthe shares closed at €8.67 bhí na scaireanna ag €8.67 ag am scoirtheir stock closed down 10 cents bhí luach a stoic tite 10 cent ag am scoir 14 (also close up) verb MED of cut, wound 15 verb ELECTRIC of circuit TRANSITIVEdún verb iaigh verb noun
16 noun end, final pointdeireadh masc1 críoch fem2 at the close of the century i ndeireadh na haoise, ag deireadh an chéidthe series came to a close chríochnaigh an tsraith, tháinig an tsraith chun críche, tháinig an tsraith chun deiridhthe season is drawing to a close tá an séasúr ag teacht chun deiridh, tá an séasúr ag druidim chun crícheto bring sth to a close rud a thabhairt chun críche, rud a thabhairt chun deiridh, clabhsúr a chur ar rud, deireadh a chur le rudshe called the conference to a close chuir sí clabhsúr leis an gcomhdháil 17 noun shutting of door etcthe door slammed to a close dhún an doras de phlab